What we as a society often forget, is that a woman can be, and is, whoever the f*ck she wants to be.

She might be a stay-at-home mom. She may be a high-powered executive. She might be a painter, a writer, or a race-car driver. She might enjoy wearing long-flowing floral print skirts. She might wear her favorite worn-in pair of blue jeans every day. She may cringe when she hears profanity. Or she may look you square in the eye and tell you she doesn’t give a f*ck what you think she should be.

Women (like all people, really) are extraordinarily unique, one-of-a-kind creatures, each with their own individual set of hopes, dreams, fears and aspirations.

The images depicted were the work of Brazilian graphic designer, Carol Rossetti. In the aforementioned article, Rossetti was quoted saying:

“It has always bothered me, the world’s attempts to control women’s bodies, behavior and identities. It’s a kind of oppression so deeply entangled in our culture that most people don’t even see it’s there, and how cruel it can be.”

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Yoli Ramazzina is a California girl, born & raised. She is a poet, a dreamer at heart, and has been writing since she was 9 years old. Yoli is also a music lover and a retired KXLU deejay. These days she spends her time writing and practicing yoga. Things that make her heart happy include: her family, the wag of her dogs’ tails, the smell of rain, good music, and good friends.

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